BANKRUPTCY LAST YEAR AND MORE LOCATIONS COULD CLOSE IN 2021. SEARS AND KMART ALSO MADE THE LIST. >>> ROCKY MOUNT MAY BE ON THE RIGHT TRACK. TONIGHT WE FIND OUR TAR HEEL TRAVELER IN THE COUNTRY. SCOTT MASON HAS THE STORY OF THE MURAL AND THE RAILROAD. >> Reporter: THIS IS ROCKY MOUNT . A TOWN WHERE TRAINS ARE TO BE PART OF ITS HISTORY. >> IT IS A BEAUTIFUL DAY. >> Reporter: A BEAUTIFUL DAY TO UNWIND AND PAINT. >> IT IS 125 FOOT LONG AND 32 FOOT HIGH. >> Reporter: AND SHE IS THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD. THAT HAS PAINTED IT ALL. >> TO ME IT IS BEAUTIFUL. >> Reporter: OH, SHE IS A BEAUTIFUL. >> IT WAS NICKNAMED THE SEXY TRAIN BECAUSE OF HIS COLOR. >> Reporter: THE CHAMPION. >> IS FIRST RUN WAS A 1939. >> REPORTER:'S REGULAR RUN WAS FROM NEW YORK TO FLORIDA. SO IT ROUTINELY RUMBLED THROUGH ROCKY MOUNT. >> THE CSX TRAIN IS THE UBIQUITOUS TRAIN. >> Reporter: THE OTHER ONE ON THE WALL. >> Reporter: AND THEY ARE STILL RUNNING EVERY DAY. >> Reporter: OH YES THEY ARE. AND THERE IS MORE THAN ONE WAY TO LOOK AT IT. LOOK AT THE LOCOMOTIVE HISTORY. IS ROCKY MOUNT HISTORY. AND LOOK AT IT CLOSELY. >> Reporter: YOUR CANVAS IS LIKE SIX INCHES FROM YOUR FACE. >> Reporter: WERE PERSPECTIVE. >> THERE ARE SO MANY DETAILS AND YOU HAVE TO FIGURE THINGS OUT. AND YOU KNOW PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE COMING UP THING THAT'S NOT RIGHT. >> Reporter: IS ONLY RIGHT THAT ROCKY MOUNT CONDUCT ITS NATURE BY HONORING ITS PAST. >> I'M JUST REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THE NEW ENERGY THAT WE HAVE. >> Reporter: ENERGY ON THE BUILDING AND INSIDE THE BUILDING . HOME TO AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP. >> THEY WELCOME PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. >> Reporter: AND HOPE TO WELCOME THE BUSINESSES TWO. >> IT HAS BEEN REALLY AN OVERWHELMING EXPERIENCE. >> Reporter: OVERWHELMING BECAUSE ASHLEY IS NOT ONLY LEAVING HER SIGNATURE PER SE ACROSS 125 FEET. >> NOW I DREAM ABOUT THE TRAIN. >> Reporter: BUT ALSO BECAUSE THIS MURAL SYMBOLIZES THE DRINK OF ROCKY MOUNT. THAT IT CAN BUST THROUGH ANY OBSTACLE THAT MIGHT THREATEN TO DERAIL IT. >> IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE TWO TRAINS BUSTING OUT OF THE NASH COUNTY MAP. >> A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY THEY LOOK AT THE RAILROAD TRACKS AND THEY WILL SAY THAT THESE TRACKS DIVIDE ROCKY MOUNT. BUT I LIKE TO LOOK AT IT AS A KNITTING US TOGETHER. BECAUSE IT IS PART OF OUR HISTORY. AND IT IS PART OF OUR FUTURE. >> IT IS WORTH IT BECAUSE YOU HAVE PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY COMING UP ALL DAY LONG SAYING WHAT A GREAT JOB YOU'RE DOING. AND THANK YOU. >> Reporter: KEEP PAINTING, KEEP PLOWING AHEAD. THE DESTINATION IS WITHIN REACH. >> IT IS JUST A WONDERFUL PLACE TO BE. >> THE MURAL IS IN STATION